Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '24 at 20:16
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 398 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 66.6 58% 70 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 66.2 55% 66.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 136 145 76 84 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 448 Write 295 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 116 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 8.1 84% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 178 149% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 56GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 273 255 239 222 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 439 Mixed 400 SusWrite 256 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 49.5 158% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 295GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 129 127 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 129 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 505GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 162 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 161 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 12: 0P 1R 1G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	19%	31	215	58	144	24"	1280 720	ACR02F9 GN246HL

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	359x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16